Singles who wanted to increase the intimacy and bonding in their relationships had the same level of happiness as singles who didn't care much about that.įor the coupled people, their concern about avoiding conflict was not related to their happiness. Approach goals didn't matter much for single people. Looking just at the single people, those who cared about avoiding conflict in relationships were happier than those who did not care much about that. (But see below for more about why none of this tells us that getting married or coupled causes people to become happier.) Coupled people also seemed happier than single people among those who did not care about avoidance goals and among those who did not care about approach goals. Among those who care a lot about increasing intimacy, coupled people were happier than single people, but only in one of the two studies. Two studies showed that among those who care about avoiding conflict and disagreements in their close relationships, single people are just as happy with their lives as coupled people are. There are people who care a lot about avoiding conflict and disagreements in their close relationships (avoidance goals) and there are people who are more oriented toward increasing intimacy (approach goals). First, a summary of the findings of the studies, then I'll describe more of the details.
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